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Season Finale: Aliens!
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Our Season I Finale was delayed by supply chain issues, but it's finally here! In episode 10, Phil and Neil discuss whether aliens exist, why they may or may not believe in aliens, and how belief in aliens may have more in common with belief in a deity than we thought.
In the triumphant return of "Should I Really Care About This?" Neil and Phil squeeze in a convo about Wordle just in time for the full Wordle backlash to begin.
What we're drinking: Hitchhiker Brewing Company's "Clouded Distraction" Imperial Smoked Coffee Stout
Chapters
1. Season Finale: Aliens! (00:00:00)
2. What we're drinking (or not) (00:01:15)
3. Newton's proof for the existence of God (or aliens) (00:06:15)
4. Why is it so appealing to believe in aliens? (00:15:18)
5. Christianity and aliens: Lewis and L'Engle's science fiction (00:19:42)
6. Would we even attempt to make contact with aliens? (00:31:38)
7. Star Trek and the Progress ideal (00:34:51)
8. A tangent on football and Ukraine (00:37:04)
9. The shift to post-apocalyptic themes in science fiction (00:38:46)
10. "The House of Suns" by Alastair Reynolds (00:41:48)
11. Contamination as generative: "The Mushroom at the End of the World" by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing (00:43:35)
12. Why speculating about aliens is a helpful exercise (00:45:24)
13. Should I care about this? Wordle (00:47:21)
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